Buds visible on Rowan
Charming day. Very small list but ‘Phone message for Mrs Dees, Faldonside.1 Cycled there + then went to Newstead + Leaderfoot to Earlston + by old road to Birkenside.2 Took my tea at the summit + then went from Birkenside to Legerwood, Boon + joined the old Lauder road near Blainslie + came down to Leaderfoot.3 It was like a summer day. The run was 38.8 + I felt very fit. I was interested to see a Lauder Kelso milestone on the old road. Helen4 busy for Bazaar tomorrow.
1 Edith Mary Boileau Dees née Henderson (1872-1948), wife of Robert Irwin Dees. They had moved from Newcastle to Faldonside after the First World War.
2 Newstead, grid reference NGR NT564,342, Leaderfoot, NT577,346, Earlston, NT574,384 and Birkenside, NT564,423.
3 Legerwood, NT587,432, Boon, NT572,455, and Blainslie, NT547,437. The old road runs entirely on the west side of the Leader Water running south through Clackmae, NT560,393.
4 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper.
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/26, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1923]
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